Guides the reader through the demographic transition's origins in the Enlightenment and Europe, through to the rest of the world. This title examines how its processes have underlain previous periods of sustained economic growth; helped to liberate women from the domestic domain; and, contributed greatly to the rise of modern democracy.
Guides the reader through the demographic transition's origins in the Enlightenment and Europe, through to the rest of the world. This title examines how its processes have underlain previous periods of sustained economic growth; helped to liberate women from the domestic domain; and, contributed greatly to the rise of modern democracy.
Tim Dyson is Professor of Population Studies at the London School of Economics. He was educated in England and Canada, and has held visiting positions at the Australian National University in Canberra, the International Institute of Population Sciences in Mumbai, and the American University of Beirut. His research interests include world food and agricultural prospects, the causes and consequences of famines, the demographic basis of urban growth and urbanization, climate change and global warming, the demography and epidemiology of HIV/AIDS, and the past, present and future population of the Indian subcontinent. He is a past President of the British Society for Population Studies and was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2001.
Inhaltsangabe
Part I: Introduction 1. Introduction 2. The Demographic Transition-Origins, Processes, Effects 3. World Population and the Transition Part II: The Processes of the Demographic Transition 4. The Demographic Transition-Facts and Theory 5. Urbanization and the Transition Part III: The Effects of the Demographic Transition 6. Social Effects of the Transition 7. Economic and Political Effects Part IV: Conclusion 8. Conclusions, Discussion, the Future Bibliography Index
Part I: Introduction 1. Introduction 2. The Demographic Transition-Origins, Processes, Effects 3. World Population and the Transition Part II: The Processes of the Demographic Transition 4. The Demographic Transition-Facts and Theory 5. Urbanization and the Transition Part III: The Effects of the Demographic Transition 6. Social Effects of the Transition 7. Economic and Political Effects Part IV: Conclusion 8. Conclusions, Discussion, the Future Bibliography Index
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